Chapter 129: The "Righteous Soldier" Enters the City (II)

The so-called "righteous warriors" who entered Hangzhou City from the north actually only had three small boats, with a total of about 20 people. www.し wXs520.Com but half of them are well-dressed people with meritorious reputations, and the person who is the leader is even more eye-catching, it is the world-famous Hangzhou celebrity, Zhang Dai Zhang Zongzi, the backbone of the Restoration Society! Liu Zhifu knew that although this person had no official position, he was a son of an official family, and his contacts were extensive, and his energy in the court and folk activities was quite amazing, so he was busy holding a banquet in the most luxurious Qinglou courtyard in Hangzhou, and gave them the wind and dust, lest they be treated slowly.

However, in the face of the prefect's hospitality, Zhang Dai was frowning - on the way to Hangzhou, what he saw and heard along the way was shocking, which fully proved that the situation on the battlefield had far worsened than his most pessimistic expectations.

According to the general practice of antiquity, in order to stabilize the occupied areas as quickly as possible and reduce the resistance to ruling the newly conquered areas, the head of any traditional feudal army would show a certain degree of politeness to the gentry and large families in the occupied areas, because these landlords were also needed to raise taxes, levy labor, and maintain local order. Especially in the late Ming Dynasty, when literature was heavy and military was light, even the most vulgar bandit mountain king knew to respect scholars.

In return, under certain conditions, the landlords and gentry will also acquiesce in the strong position of the other party, pay the conquerors a certain amount of money and women, and destroy the wealth and eliminate the disaster, so as not to annoy the gang of strongmen and make the jade burned—of course, it is basically impossible for the landlords to be sincerely loyal to these vulgar warriors. On the contrary, to engage in all kinds of small actions behind the scenes, constantly causing chaos to the new conquerors, this kind of thing is almost a must for the landlords and gentry......

In short, in Zhang Dai's view, no matter how the world changes, the wealth and honor of these local gentry should be eternal.

But now this group of god-killing thieves completely violates the above common sense, they treat those lowly people politely, but they have no courtesy to the gentry, and they actually openly slaughter the gentry and gentry, and every village will organize a "public trial", and the landlords and gentry in the village will be beheaded all over the house - the famous officials of the imperial court are not only no longer a talisman, but have become a talisman!

On the way to Hangzhou by boat along the Grand Canal, Zhang Dai and others met countless gentry fleets who fled with their families, and even a few friends who drank and meat in Hangzhou. According to the cries of these fleeing people, this thief is really much more vicious than the Japanese robber. In the past, the Japanese were just asking for money. If they could partner with the Japanese in the smuggling business, the landlords and gentry would not only not have lost money, but could often make a windfall.

This is also the reason why the plague of the Japanese invaders was repeatedly banned in those years, because the core key to resisting the plague of the Japanese was to investigate smuggling rather than resist foreign invasion, so there were quite a few people in the provinces south of the Yangtze River from the official eunuchs to the gentry who colluded with the Japanese invaders. Even with modern China's social control, smuggling continues to be a problem. As for the Ming Dynasty, let alone - unless it was the time when Zhu Yuanzhang was ruthless and greedy!

At present, the thieves who are rampant in Zhejiang treat the landlords and gentry not only for money but also for life, especially like to kill scholars, and they don't know what it is to respect the old and respect the virtuous. Even the retired old Shangshu was hung from a tree by them and whipped indiscriminately...... Listening to the cry of the grandson of the old Shangshu, Zhang Dai's mood was extremely heavy, his family is a noble family of officials and dignitaries in Shaoxing, although he himself lives in Hangzhou all the year round because of his love of liveliness, but the vast majority of the Zhang family's industries and clansmen are still distributed in the countryside villages and towns of Shaoxing and Hangzhou.

However, the thieves not only caused trouble in the suburbs of Hangzhou on the north bank of the Qiantang River, but also launched a sweep against Xiaoshan and Shaoxing on the south bank of the Qiantang River......

With worries about the safety of the family, in line with the idea that there are many people and great power, Zhang Dai actively persuaded these gentlemen to go back to Hangzhou with him along the way, and find revenge on the thieves. Now that he has finally escaped from danger with nine deaths, where is he willing to go back and throw himself into the net?

Therefore, Rao is Zhang Dai played the golden sign of the restoration of the society, and wore out his mouth, and in the end he only said that he moved two people who were killed and a prisoner whose family was ruined, and brought their servants to join the "righteous soldiers" who rushed to Hangzhou. The young scholars who had followed Zhang Dai from Nanjing to Hangzhou to "generously go to the disaster" escaped several times in one go because of the bad situation......

Just as Zhang Dai was despondently recalling these gloomy experiences, a disciple suddenly announced in a loud voice: The prefect is visiting. Then as soon as the curtain was lifted, Liu Mengqian's prefect walked in with Gao Xuan, who had recently been accepted as a cronie, first greeted Zhang Dai and other righteous people, and then said loudly.

“…… As you all know, this thief pretended to be a descendant of the Song family, but he was actually an overseas barbarian, who had stolen Qiongzhou before and committed many injustices, and the court was still tolerant of him. Unexpectedly, this generation does not think about the emperor's grace, but still works hard as a praying mantis! actually colluded with the rebels of the imperial court, wantonly entered the south of Kou Jiangnan, slaughtered my soldiers, and killed my people! Everywhere I went, the atmosphere was cut off, and the demon law was rampant! Fortunately, the sky is endless, and I am bright. A few days ago, there was a method of loyal and studious people offering wooden cannons, killing the thief chieftain and destroying the enemy's courage; Today, there are righteous men who generously go south and rush to the opportunity to resist violence! This is a blessing for the people of Hangzhou! Ladies and gentlemen, drink this cup together! ”

There was a sound of harmony below, but now after all, it was a time of danger and fierceness, and there were whining thieves flying by rockets overhead from time to time, and it was really not allowed to slowly drink through three rounds and five flavors of food - after a glass of wine, everyone began to talk about business.

“…… Mr. Zhang, Hangzhou's fathers have been poisoned by thieves for a long time, and they are longing for heavenly soldiers day and night, and I don't know when Nanjing's reinforcements will arrive? This is the prefect who can't wait to ask. After being trapped in the lonely city for a long time, the prefect really misses the lakes and mountains on the West Lake, as well as the gentle embrace of the delicate boat lady. I can't wait for the thieves to retreat tomorrow, so he can sail on the West Lake again, singing "Dajiangdong Go" to express his heart.

“…… This one...... Please also ask the lord Haihan, as far as Zhang knows, the current elite soldiers of the imperial court are all fighting with the demons of the Wenxiang Sect in Yangzhou, although the good news has been frequent recently, but the remnants of the demons are still resisting stubbornly after all, and Lu Shangshu, who supervised Yangzhou, really couldn't get out for a while. In order to cope with the war in Zhejiang, although the imperial court had recruited new troops in Nanjing, it was quite wasteful to train troops and raise salaries, and they were also not in a hurry. Zhang Qiandu (Zhang Pu was a native of Songjiang) also proposed to divide troops to strengthen the Songjiang coastal defense...... Therefore, for the sake of the safety of Jiangnan, I also ask the people of Futai to hold on to Hangzhou for a few more days......"

Listening to Zhang Dai's words as an "unofficial representative of the imperial court", Governor Liu's heart suddenly cooled, "...... But all the elite soldiers in Zhejiang were also taken to Wenzhou by the governor to defend against the enemy! Now that the wind and snow are blowing, the roads are difficult and dangerous, and the sea routes are blocked by thieves, the governor does not know when he will be able to return to the provincial capital. Although there is a lot of grain in my city in Hangzhou, there is a shortage of soldiers and major generals, and the situation is really dangerous. ”

Speaking of this, Governor Liu couldn't afford to pay attention to Zhang Dai, "...... Mr. Su Wen is anxious for justice and righteousness. Now the thief has been besieging the city for a month, according to the arrogance of the thief. Once the city of Hangzhou is broken, it will inevitably be ruined. I also hope that Mr. will try to ask for reinforcements from the imperial court for Hangzhou to save the people of this city! ”

“…… But the princes of the Nanjing court also have difficulties, and no one can conjure up soldiers, horses, and food out of thin air! Zhang Dai spread his hands and smiled bitterly, "...... I also asked Lord Fuzun to try to deal with the thieves. As long as you can retreat from the enemy, even if you are bribing the enemy chieftain, you will not be able to pay the princes of the court......"

Regarding Zhang Dai's stupid words of standing and talking without backache, Governor Liu rolled his eyes when he heard it - with the momentum and appetite of the thief right now, if there was no ransom fee of several million taels of silver, I am afraid that he would not be able to send them away. It's not that there isn't so much silver in Hangzhou, but just by virtue of his official position as a prefect, how can he force those gentlemen with deep backgrounds to go bankrupt and come up with so much silver?

Besides, even if he tore off his face, he forced the gentry to donate a lot of silver, and the thief withdrew as promised after receiving the silver. But after the thieves retreated, how could those gentlemen who had been robbed of their money but had their hands and eyes open to the sky, swallow their anger? With the energy of those big families, even if they can't take revenge on the thieves who are far overseas, can't they still rectify a prefect with a shallow foundation?

However, Gao Xuan, who was standing beside Governor Liu, heard that his eyes lit up, and he immediately volunteered to the prefect and asked to send an envoy to the thief camp to use his three-inch tongue to play a divisive strategy: "...... Lord Fuzun, the students have a clever plan, even if they can't let the thieves go up and down and disperse without a fight, at least they can delay for a certain time...... It's just that I also asked the lord of the mansion to write a handwritten letter, so that it is easy to get the letter of the thief chief......"

With the idea of using a dead horse as a live horse doctor, Governor Liu had all the requirements for Gao Xuan-as long as he didn't ask him for money, and then sent this loyal and brave Xiucai Gong to set off with the old man who had sent the thief camp last time.

And Liu Zhifu and Zhang Dai and other righteous people stayed in this green building, while continuing to drink and chat, watch songs and dances, and wait for Gao Xuan's good news...... At the same time, I helplessly listened to the thieves' rockets whistling overhead again and again, and then bursting all over the city......

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On the north shore of West Lake, outside the Wulin Gate

“…… Woohoo—"

“…… Woo-"

With all kinds of strange whistling sounds, one after another Hale rockets continue to take off, sending warmth to the citizens of Hangzhou in winter.

“…… Hurry up, everyone remember which rocket they are, otherwise if you can't remember it for a while, don't say I'm unfair! ”

Li Meng shook a bottle of red wine in his hand and shouted at a group of Japanese security forces who were tinkering with rockets.

——After camping outside the Wulin Gate for three days and setting off fire for two nights in a row, because Major General Sun Yang was still grinding in Fuyang County with the main force, there was never enough troops to launch a general attack on Hangzhou City. Only a few hundred motley troops, mainly Japanese security forces, were left behind, and they continued to fire Hale rockets outside the Wulin Gate to cause sabotage, and appointed Comrade Li Meng, a traverser, as a temporary commander.

After taking over the miscellaneous army outside the Wulin Gate, in order to boost morale and improve the fun of the battle, Li Meng specially asked for a few boxes of wine from Wang Qiu as a prize, and held a rocket whistle competition, which made this battle into an entertainment program like the Lantern Festival - every other hour, each security army squad can claim a Hale rocket, and then tie their own bamboo whistle before launch, to see whose rocket makes a scary whistling. The team with the most intimidating whistle receives a bottle of wine, and the team with the worst whistle is responsible for cleaning up the launch site.

Although China has had the verse "Glow-in-the-dark glass of grape wine" since ancient times, in this year in the East Asian continent, the red wine is still a rather rare foreign commodity. Therefore, for this prize, which is very face-saving at a glance, the Japanese security officers and soldiers worked hard, and quickly swept away a few bamboos by the West Lake, and a few skillful guys simply made a whistle out of wood - even if they couldn't get wine, it was good to be able to show their faces in front of the chief. There are even people who fully use their brains, and under Li Meng's prompting, use the Hale rocket as the power source, and use bamboo strips and thin wire to bundle a rocket glider, which can not only tie whistles to the fuselage, but also airdrop leaflets......

Just as Li Meng was pondering what to write on the leaflet, two messengers, one old and one young, were ushered in from Hangzhou.

Immediately ordered someone to escort over to take a closer look, the old guy among them, Li Meng knew it, he came back once, and he wanted to imitate Tie Xuan, who guarded Jinan during the Jianwen period, and tricked the leaders into the city to die...... But where did this young guy come from?

Just when Li Meng looked at the two envoys, the young envoy, that is, Gao Xuan, motioned for Li Meng to retreat, and after being resolutely rejected by Li Meng, he was even more shocked as soon as he spoke: "...... General Wen came from Australia across the ocean, I don't know if he has the intention of splitting the soil and sealing the king? ”

…… Where is this?! Li Meng, who was confused, thought to himself - Hangzhou City is surrounded by us, if the master wants to be crowned a king, where is the need for you to come to the king? It's almost as good as trying to please those senior leaders!

In a completely confused situation, Li Meng simply shut up and continued to see what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd.

- I saw Gao Xuan wait for a while, but when he didn't see Li Meng's voice, he said again in surprise...... If the general is willing to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, he will return to the court! Xiaosheng is not talented, I am willing to repair a book, play the court on behalf of the general, and with the general's soldiers and horses, there is no problem in choosing a good place to be crowned king! ”

Li Meng was immediately thundered by the brain hole of this goods:? Crowned king? The king of the Ming Dynasty? It's up to you? How is this possible? Bullying me for not having read a book? And to say this to me, a guy who works part-time, doesn't it prove that you don't even know who the commander of this team is?

“…… Hehe, my Li family has been loyal to martyrs for generations, how can there be two masters? After saying these words that are righteous and strict and very ancient, Li Meng felt that he was very cool, so he took advantage of the situation and stood south with his hands behind his back, leaving only a sigh of grandeur for Gao Xuan.

I didn't expect this Gao Xuan to really dare to kick his nose in the face - I saw him laugh, pointed at Li Menglang and said, "...... The Great Song Dynasty died at the hands of the Mengtars, and I chased the Tartars and returned to the homeland, not from the Song Dynasty, but from the Mengyuan. Orthodoxy is orthodoxy! Although the general is loyal, he is stupid and loyal, which is really ridiculous! ”

In this regard, Li Meng didn't react yet, but the captain of the black wood squad who was standing by and watching the excitement couldn't stand - Gao Xuan said a lot of literary crepe words earlier, his Chinese level was limited, and he basically didn't understand much; And what Gao Xuan said later...... Actually, he still didn't understand much, but he could clearly feel the bastard's sarcasm and ridicule in his words!

In response to this, Captain Kuroki was immediately furious, and immediately stepped forward to show Gao Xuan his proud sword drawing technique.

Seeing the captain of the black wood team put his hand on the new saber he had just gotten, Li Meng rolled his eyes, knowing that the spirit of this product was committed again, it is estimated that he was splashed with feces twice in public yesterday, and his brain was stimulated too much and became a little nervous - so he quickly reached out and pressed the handle of his knife before the captain of the black wood team pulled out the knife and slashed indiscriminately, and then motioned to the two security soldiers to take him down to calm down.

And Gao Xuan, who witnessed all these changes, suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind, thinking that the opportunity to surrender and rebel had come, so he immediately stuffed a paper ball into Li Meng's hand, and shouted at the same time: "...... Since the general doesn't want to vote for me, I'll see you later! ”

Next, these two strange guys who came over inexplicably said goodbye and left just as inexplicably. Only Li Meng was left alone holding a ball of paper in a daze: these two strange goods with completely abnormal ideas, what are they doing here? Performing a live drama?

In order to figure out what was going on, he had to rub his temples with green muscles, and carefully unfolded the paper ball that had just been stuffed by Gao Xuan, and then found that it was the ink treasure of Liu Mengqian, the prefect of Hangzhou. And Li Meng's evaluation of this is ......"...... Well, that's a really artistic word. ”

- I have to say that the prefect really wrote a good wild grass, plus he was held in Gao Xuan's hand for a long time, and there were a lot of stains on the paper, so that Comrade Li Meng, a modern bricklayer and salt lord in the late Ming Dynasty, who was shallow in knowledge, looked left and right, looked horizontally and vertically for a long time, and didn't understand what was written on it-In fact, the gist of Liu Zhifu patted his chest and promised that as long as the thief chief was willing to withdraw from the army, he would be promoted to the court and promised to give him the title of king Yunyun.

So, Li Meng, who was confused, sighed and put this strange incident in the back of his mind...... However, just as he was about to throw away the paper ball, he suddenly had a change of thought, and asked someone to find some paste, and simply framed the paper, ready to keep it as a souvenir.